When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 282

Standing outside the city hall, I felt a sense of liberation like never before

Christine had wanted to stay with me, but I insisted she go on ahead.

After all, I had embarked on this journey alone, it was only fitting I face its conclusion solo as well.

Watching the traffic flow by, observing couples either entering gleefully to tie the knot or exiting with faces devoid of emation, signaling their union’s end, it was easy to tell apart those getting married fmm those getting divorced

The breakdown of a relationship is seldom graceful.

I

Thankfully, Bryant and I didn’t have that problem. He was as indifferent to me as I had mistakenly been in love with him for eight years. What I hadn’t expected was for Bryant not to show up alone. He stepped out from a shiny black Mercedes, followed by Dorothy

He acted as cold and distant as always, like nothing was wrong, just throwing it out there. “Let’s go in,” with the nonchalance of someone about to grab a burger rather than finalize a divorce,

His habitual indifference was on full display.

I murmured, lowering

us in, Bryant’s lips curled into a smile that didn’t reach his eyes, his voice dropping a degree colder “What, afraid nl trick you with a fake divorce

me! It’s just… I want to marry you that

into the car “Fine then, I’ll wait here for

went smoother than I had

fresh divorce certificates made me

lighter.

extending my hand to ask

my copy. “Hand me mine,

thumb lightly grazing over

“I’m fine.”

concem? I snatched the divorce certificate from his hand, “From now on, I’ll be even better” I spoke deliberately, as if declaring my newfound

sharp features softened slightly, his voice slow as it cautioning, “Good. Take

confront him, staring into his deep eyes, “the person who helped me eight years

love with him

a self–mocking smile playing on his lips, his

found out telling you

sound like

towards the black Mercedes